I’m gonna tell you why I think the latest antitrust suit against Google might be the most important one in terms of the overall tech ecosystem. And maybe the biggest threat Google is facing. Twitter reverses another thing they shouldn’t have broken in the first place. Why aren’t folks paying ransomware ransom as much anymore? And why are consumers not keeping their smart clothes dryers connected?Sponsors:Upside App and use promocode ridehomeHow To Fix The Internet podcast eff.org/podcastLinks:US Sues Google to Break Up Ad Unit in Heated Antitrust Fight (Bloomberg)DOJ's new suit puts Google's ad business at risk (Axios)Google's most serious antitrust challenge to date (Platformer)Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results (Microsoft Investor Relations)Twitter for web will now stay on your preferred timeline (The Verge)Riot Games receives ‘ransom email’ for stolen source code following social engineering attack (The Record)Ransomware Revenue Down As More Victims Refuse to Pay (Chainalysis)LG, Whirlpool Target Customers Disconnected From ‘Smart’ Appliances (WSJ)After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.